[lug] AT&T CABLE MODEM

On Mon, 14 May 2001, Ferdinand Schmid said:
>Also: Did you try to use Yast2 to configure your network card? What type
>of configuration did you pick. I assume the cable modem wants to do dhcp.
>So you'll need to configure your card for that. If your card configuration
>is corrupt you can shut down your computer and remove the card. Then boot
>up - this will remove the card configuration. Then shut down again, remove
>the card and boot back up. Yast (either Yast1 - the text utility or Yast2
>- the graphical utility) will now show you the card that the system
>detected. Then use Yast to configure your card for dhcp and enter the AT&T
>gateway and DNS info. Just click around Yast2 a bit and you'll find what
>you are looking for. I really found Yast the best and easiest Linux
>configuration tool to date! Yast2 is still a bit buggy but Yast1 works
>beautifully.
Actually, you should only have to edit /etc/rc.config:
=================================================
IPADDR_0="192.168.1.108"
IPADDR_1=""
IPADDR_2=""
IPADDR_3=""
#
# network device names (e.g. "eth0")
#
NETDEV_0="eth0"
NETDEV_1=""
NETDEV_2=""
NETDEV_3=""
IFCONFIG_0="dhcpclient"
=================================================
I believe that the last line above overrides the
IPADDR_0="192.168.1.108"
line above it, so it's irrelevant what you put for IPADDR_0=
I used that configuration successfully at two different sites. Both had
the Linksys router installed. One was subscribed to AT&T '@home'. Worked
fine.
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John Karns jkarns at csd.net